Four dead and two wounded, the record this Saturday night’s crash of an Airbus A400M occurred in the afternoon near Seville in southern Space. The number of casualties is still provisional.
The airport of San Pablo, near the crash site, was closed briefly to allow emergency intervention.
What has happened?
The accident was announced by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, on the road in Tenerife, islands Canaries. According to El Pais , the plane took off at 12:45 for its first test flight and crashed into a high voltage tower and crashed in a field near San Pablo Airport. Before the accident, the crew informed the control tower that he had problems tells Spanish daily without elaborating.
It may therefore be a hydraulic failure, the electric still a problem with the flaps Sevilla ABC list based on various sources. According to the Andalusian media, while the A400M losing altitude, the pilot requested an emergency landing.
An AFP photographer on site was able to observe the mastodon carcass 45 m long, completely charred, lying in a field, near an apparently intact plant. From its headquarters in Toulouse, France, Airbus, which manufactures aircraft, announced that a team of experts were en route to Seville to determine the causes of the accident.
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How many he has victims ?
Six people were aboard the plane. Four people died and two others were seriously injured said the prefect of Andalusia Antonio Sanz. They were hospitalized, one for trauma head and one for broken pelvis in addition to severe burns from ABC de Sevilla.
The crew consisted of the pilot, co-pilot, a mechanic and three engineers, all Spaniards precise El Pais . Among them, two civilians, three officers and two NCOs in the Air Force who were all on leave or special services. The balance sheet remains provisional, Mariano Rajoy spoke of “eight to ten people. “the plane Prime Minister visited in the late afternoon in Seville
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Was the flight reliable?
The A400M is a military aircraft recent bill, which was launched in pain with several years of delay. The first aircraft of this model delivered to France date of 2013.
The aircraft, which was on a test flight was destined for Turkey, announced manufacturer Airbus Defence and Space in a statement . This is the first accident of this type of device since its commissioning.
Still, Germany has complained numerous defects in the first copy that was delivered to him in December 2014, four years behind the original schedule. Responding to these criticisms, Airbus announced in January the reorganization of its military aviation branch with the departure of its director, Domingo Ureña-Raso.
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